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The dealer had the car from Sunday until Tuesday a week later, so 9 days. They told me that the main battery cable that runs from the hybrid battery to the engine either broke or got severed some how. They were actually pretty vague in what actually happened. To fix it they replaced the entire battery cable which required taking the car significanly apart and putting it back together. All said, they were nice in how they treated me and I eventually swapped out the F150 for a Focus (which I will never drive again) for gas reasons. I spent more in gas over 2 days with the truck than i do in a month with my Fusion. The total cost of the repair would have been nearly $2100 had it not be a warranty repair. I'm glad that I bought an extended warranty to cover the hybrid components should this happen again after my bumper to bumper expires.

My FFH with 6992 miles on it went bad on me. I was driving on the highway when the engine went off and I was coasting at 65mph. I got the engine to kick back on, but then at my next stop, the car went dead. Again, flipped the car on and off to get it going. It did this about 4-5 more times in the mile I had left to get home. At that point I called the roadside assist (normally I would have done it from the first incident, but was in a major hurry to get home where I could use another car). They towed it to my service dealership, where it took them over a day to figure out the issue. What I've been told so far is that the main electical chord (I assume the one the runs from the hybrid battery to the engine) went bad and needed to be replaced. They had to order the part and I'm still waiting on my next update. In the meantime my loaner car is a F150. I have already put more gas into that in 2 days than I do in my hybrid in a month. The F150 only had 6 miles on it when I got it, so it was fun to be in another new car, but I miss my leather seats, sat radio, nav system, and all the other nice things in my car. Anyone else have an issue like this?

Are there any reccommend things to do with the car when its new? services? type of driving?

https://www.fleet.ford.com/maintenance/main...intSchedule.asp Here is the maintenance schedule (you may have to enter the vehicle again) It appears that there is more than just a few oil changes and tire rotations. I would imagine the brakes would need to be replaces at least once over 100K miles, as well as transmission fluid, etc. I'm thinking that $1000 for this plan might not be such a terrible deal, but didn't know for sure. When I called and spoke to a guy from Buy-ford-warranty, he said I could get the 100K mile tune up stuff done just before 100K miles and get that done with this package.

Has anyone purchased this plan? I'm looking at doing a 6 year/100K mile plan and was curious about what kind of price people have paid. Thanks.

I ordered mine on 9/9/09 it was built 10/2/09, and delivered to VA on 10/16/09, but i can't pick it up until the 23rd. Black/Black

For those of you who have tinted windows before, I'm curious about how you choose your shop? I've heard places around here say they can do it in about 45 minutes, but others say it will take 3-4 hours and another that said it would take half a day. I want to do it right. I live in Norfolk VA, but am willing to drive elsewhere to get it done right. I'm also willing to spend the money to do it. Has anyone done it around this area? How much has everyone typically paid? How long did it take to do your car? I'm picking my car up from the dealership on Friday and want to get this done sooner than later. Thanks.

I had an order date of Sept 9, a build date of Oct. 2, and a delivery date of Oct 20, but can't pick it up until 3 days later because of my schedule... can't wait